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Into the Void Pacific

Into the Void Pacific

Building the 1939 San Francisco World's Fair

by Andrew Shanken

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appears in About San Francisco.

Published on the occasion of the expo's 75th anniversary, Into the Void Pacific is the first architectural history of the 1939 San Francisco World?s Fair. While fairs of the 1930's turned to the future as a foil to the Great Depression, the Golden Gate International Exposition conjured up geographical conceits to explore the nature of the city's pl...

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Into the Void Pacific

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